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In each of the past two years the Washington-based Worldwatch Institute has issued new publications titled Viral Signs, books that purport to document “the trends that are shaping our future.”1 Following in the footsteps of the famous Worldwatch State of the World series,2 now in

Dr. Seamus Grimes is a professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Galway, Ireland. Introduction Although there is widespread concern throughout Europe during the current period of economic recession, with high levels of unemployment and the recent upsurge in refugee movements associated

International scientists disagree on population issues Scientists from Africa, Ireland and the Vatican refused to sign a joint statement prepared for an international meeting of scientists in New Delhi, India. The Declaration had been drafted by the Royal Society of London, the U.S. National Academy

Population Numbers Keep Dropping Amid the constant clamor from population propagandists who point to the world’s alleged “population explosion,” a curious fact has gone almost unnoticed: the estimated numbers of the planet’s future inhabitants have been steadily dropping. This fact, evident in recent editions of

Population and socio economic development There is a clear recognition of the difficulty experienced in establishing causative links between population growth, or certain demographic variables, and economic development. It is equally difficult to establish causative links between fertility and poverty. While it is argued by

In 1926, Durga Dass Kapur wrote from Amritsar, India, to the population control zealot Marie Stopes: “I very acutely realise that all the misery, pain, indebtedness, gloominess, sickness, dirt, prostitution, war, underfeeding, poverty, child mortality, heartburning, misunderstanding, etc. are deliberately traceable to overbreeding.” Not much

During the American Presidential election campaign last November, voters became aware that if they voted for Bill Clinton they would be getting Hillary Clinton too. It was never clear whether this was an inducement or a threat, but in the context of matters pertaining to

Cruel Reality of China’s Population Policy In the course of completing his doctoral research at Stanford University, Steven W. Mosher discovered, and was the first to report on, the coercive nature of population control in the People’s Republic of China. Currently serving as Director of

Representative Connie Morella (R-Md.) has joined forces with avid population—controller Representative Anthony Beilenson (D-Calif.) to sponsor a bill which would dramatically increase U.S. population control funding in developing countries. The bill would amend the U.S. Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; it would increase available population